The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-29
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
President crevy Urged to Remain at
His Post.
Senators and Deputies to Elect
President on Friday.
The Happenings of a Day In England
and Ireland.

PARIS, Nov. 2s.-The Congress Of the Sem
ate and Chamber Of Deputies viii meet on
Friday, at Versailles, to elect successor to
President Grevy.
Elections were held yesterday in Auxerre.
Arras and Lille to fill vacancies In the Cham
Der Of Deputies. In Auxerre, the radical
candidate, NJ. Hervier, was successful, poll
ing 30,674 votes against 19,773 for NJ. Reg
sier, Opportunist, In Arras, M. Camecasse,
Republican, was elected, his vote being &c.
600, against u, 900 for M. Labitte, Conserva-
tive. In Lille there was two vacancies to
fill, and the Republican candidates were sue
cessful in both cases. The vote was as fol-
lows M. Pierre Legrand and M. Maxine
Lecomte, Republicans, $4,000; NJ. De la
Sale and NJ. Fauville. Conservative, 123s-
600.
Thirteen Deputies and Senators waited on
M. Grevy today, expressed a readiness 70
Join new cabinet and undertook 10 OBTAIN
the dissolution OfParliament by the Senate.
They urged Grevy 10 stay at his post and
save France from the dangers threatened.
The Presidents response Is not known.
Prosecuting the Papers.
DUBLIN, Nov 2s.-After the second trial
of Lord Mayor Sullivan, editor Of the Nation,
for printing reports Of meetings Of suppress
ed branches Of the National League. the
Government will prosecute a number Of .edl-
tors Of other papers for orpublishing similar re-
ports. The Freeman's Journal asserts that
the arrest Of news agents for selling copies
of United Ireland Is Illegal III 1t Is legal, 1t
says, the Dublin depots Of the Right Hon.
VIM. Henry Smiths News Company are
guilty Of the same offence. as they have sold
fhnrtCan1Q 0f IfuitQH Iraland1 The Free
mans Journal declares that the cOnnning OF
Mr.. Manderville In sinking cell at Julia
more prison for refusing to cleanse utensils
and exercise In company with ordinary erim-
inals, is as scandal0us as the worst outrages
committed in Bombay or Neap0litan prisons
Distinguished Suspects.
LONDON, Nov. 2S.-Thomas Callan, for
merly of Lowell. Mass, and Michael Har-
kins, Of Philadelphia. who were arrested on
November q on the charge Of connection
with dynamite conspiracy, were taken to
Bow street Police Court today for trial.
They rode in the prison van and were at
tended by policemen. Constables with load
ed revolvers rode on the outside. Mr.. Po-
laid, Solicitor for the Treasury, detailed the
facts which have been collected against the
prisoners.
Sixteen Burned to Death.
A school in the village Of Werchobistritz-
koi, in Russia, was burned a few nights ago.
A large number of girls were sleeping on
the upper floors, of whom "a escaped by
jumping from the windows. Sixteen were
afraid to Jump and were burned to death. A
number OF boys sleeping on the ground floor
escaped
Political Matters.
On the invitation of Oxford UniversityRus-
sull Club, John Dillon, M. p, today deliv-
cred an address in the Corn Exchange. He
reviewed the history Of Ireland and said that
agitatation was justihable Without agita-
tfon the Irish would not have obtained the
land bills. Ii was a lasting honor TO the irish
that they refused to submit tamely to detes-
table castleEgoyernment.
Foreign Notes.
An explosion in Aberrant Colliery, at ABB
erdeen, Eng, is reported to have cut on the
escape of $40 miners.
ST. Petersburg editors nave been instruct
ed to adopt moderate tune towards Germa-
nv.